Free St. Patrick's Day event at Stockton College's Manahawkin Instructional Site

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on Monday, March 17, with a special bagpipe presentation and lunch at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey’s Manahawkin Instructional Site, located at 712 East Bay Ave.

“The Times of Joy,” led by Richard O’Meara, an instructor in the college’s School of General Studies, will precede the event. The enactment is one man’s story of surviving the disastrous failure of Ireland’s potato crop in 1845. The crop failure in successive years is said to have been caused by late blight due to a water mold. The resulting famine left about 1 million people dead and forced an estimated 2 million people to emigrate to America and elsewhere.

The free public event celebrating Irish heritage begins at 11:30 a.m. 

Later in the week, on Wednesday, March 19, a "Bottoms Up for Colorectal Screening” workshop will be led by Raina Gazurian of AtlantiCare. The update on colorectal cancer screening is free and open to the public. The program begins at noon and includes lunch. To register, call 609-626-3883.

— Kelley Anne Essinger


This article was published in The SandPaper.